Symphony Advances AI-Powered Client Communications with Secure Agentic Workflows
Winner of Best AI Solution for Client Communications at the A-Team Group’s AI in Capital Markets Awards 2026, Symphony is extending its communications platform to support AI agents across institutional workflows and client-facing channels. Financial institutions are increasingly exploring how AI agents can improve client engagement and automate communications workflows, while maintaining the security, governance...
Date: 1 December 2026 Time: 10:00am ET / 3:00pm London / 4:00pm CET Duration: 50 minutes The UK, EU and Swiss markets move to T+1 settlement on 11 October 2027, but the first binding compression arrives almost a year earlier. ESMA’s amended settlement discipline RTS expects allocation and confirmation completed by 23:00 CET on trade…
Now in its 10th year, the RegTech Summit in New York will bring together the RegTech ecosystem to explore how the North American capital markets financial industry can leverage technology to drive innovation, cut costs and support regulatory change.
Welcome to the fourteenth edition of A-Team Group’s Regulatory Data Handbook. Supervisors increasingly expect firms to demonstrate which rules apply, which data supports each obligation, who owns the control and how exceptions are identified and resolved. Policies and implementation programmes must now be supported by records that can withstand regulatory scrutiny. This edition examines material…
Winner of Best AI Solution for Client Communications at the A-Team Group’s AI in Capital Markets Awards 2026, Symphony is extending its communications platform to support AI agents across institutional workflows and client-facing channels. Financial institutions are increasingly exploring how AI agents can improve client engagement and automate communications workflows, while maintaining the security, governance...
Zema Global has expanded its partnership with SatYield, integrating the satellite-based agricultural intelligence provider’s crop forecasts into its Decisioning Infrastructure to give commodity traders and risk managers access to forward-looking supply data alongside conventional market and fundamental information. The integration extends SatYield’s earlier availability through Zema Global’s data marketplace, making its datasets accessible within the...
The deployment of artificial intelligence agents to risk management processes without adequate attention paid to data quality will expose capital markets participants to undue vulnerabilities. The warning from Clearwater Analytics came after a survey by the company found almost all institutional investors questioned said that data quality was the biggest barrier to trusting AI outputs....
The countdown for the move to T+1 in Europe, UK and Switzerland is on, and with twelve months to go, firms should be well advanced in preparation for the operational impacts of compressed settlement. In this Q&A with RegTech Insight, Rebecca Ashton, Managing Director and Head of Consulting at DTCC Â examines gaps in preparation, the...
Financial markets are at an inflection point in their relationship with artificial intelligence. The question is no longer whether to invest, it is how quickly institutions can move from experimentation to operational deployment, and what separates the firms that are scaling from those still stuck in extended pilot phases. The gap is wider than most...
Equities markets are becoming more fragmented, interconnected and continuously available. Liquidity is spreading across venues and geographies, trading hours are extending, and firms are processing more market data and supporting increasingly complex execution workflows. These changes are placing new demands on trading infrastructure. Many traditional platforms continue to deliver excellent latency and throughput, but were...
Banks are under intense pressure from a variety of quickly evolving trends. Clients want more from them; market volatility is challenging their trading strategies; and regulator scrutiny is deepening. In response, regional banks and large banking organizations (LBOs) are offering more products to clients and promising ever-more automated access to a greater array of asset...
Nasdaq Europe plans to launch a new trajectory trading service in November 2026, using PureStream technology to help institutional investors execute large European equity orders while reducing market impact and information leakage. The service will match trading interest based on a specified percentage of future market volume, allowing orders to execute progressively at volume-weighted average…
Plus500 has launched Kalshi perpetual futures through its US Futures Commission Merchant (FCM), becoming the first FCM outside Kalshi Prime to offer the contracts to its customers. The launch extends Plus500’s existing partnership with Kalshi, which already covers prediction markets, and provides access to perpetual futures across its B2B and B2B2C distribution channels. Perpetual futures…
Baton Systems has introduced an advanced portfolio optimisation capability designed to help collateral managers, treasury teams and clearing operations allocate cash and securities more efficiently across multiple clearing venues and margin obligations. The solution evaluates collateral inventories and obligations simultaneously, rather than optimising individual margin requirements sequentially, with the aim of reducing funding costs, preserving…
Belasko has launched two connected digital platforms designed to improve information access, communication and operational transparency for investors and fund managers across private markets. The Investor Experience Platform (IXP) provides limited partners with access to fund information, documents, announcements and investment opportunities, alongside tools for tracking queries, deadlines and upcoming activities. The Client Experience Platform…
S&P Global has expanded the AI, valuation and analytics capabilities of its iLEVEL private markets platform, introducing new tools for portfolio monitoring, data management and investment workflows. The enhancements include a native iLEVEL Agent, AI-powered data ingestion and natural-language search, enabling investment teams to automate data-intensive processes and retrieve portfolio information more efficiently. An iLEVEL…
Standard Chartered has entered into definitive agreements to acquire Zodia Custody, including 100% of Zodia Custody UK Limited, the parent company of its regulated operating entities in Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, the United Arab Emirates and Luxembourg. Post completion, Zodia Custody’s regulated digital asset custody business will be integrated into Standard Chartered’s existing digital asset…
tZERO Group’s tZERO Securities will provide broker-dealer and alternative trading system (ATS) services to Temple Digital Group to power Temple’s tokenised securities trading platform on the Canton Network. Under the agreement, Temple will support its trading technology with tZERO Securities’ regulated operating infrastructure, including client onboarding and transaction services. This lets Temple bring tokenised securities…
Ripple and BNY have expanded their strategic partnership to broaden institutional digital asset custody capabilities and explore new blockchain use cases, including tokenised trade finance. Building on BNY’s existing role as the primary reserve custodian for Ripple’s stablecoin (RLUSD), BNY’s Digital Asset Custody platform now supports both XRP and RLUSD. This integration allows eligible institutional…
A blog post authored by three Amazon Web Services technologists documents a reference architecture for a centralised exchange (CEX) for digital assets. The blog post, titled “Build a digital assets exchange on AWS: A reference architecture“ notes that the reference architecture “aggregates the architectural decisions that recurred across CEX deployments that AWS Solutions Architects have…
Brickwood Asset Management has selected FinScan for ongoing sanctions and adverse media screening of issuers held within its funds and their directors. The UK-based independent value equities boutique was founded by a team from UK and international asset managers. FinScan, an Innovative Systems solution, provides name screening for corporate entities and individuals through a single…
Smarsh has announced expanded communications supervision, web archiving, cyber compliance and vendor risk management capabilities for small and mid-sized financial services firms. The changes include planned capture of Claude Cowork interactions within Professional Archive, alongside tools for reviewing communications, monitoring device security and documenting third-party oversight. Smarsh already captures Claude Enterprise communications through the Claude…
Plenitude has joined the Financial Services Skills Compact as a Supporter, linking workforce development to the skills needed to oversee artificial intelligence (AI) in economic crime controls. The specialist economic crime firm argues that staff must retain the judgement to challenge automated decisions and remain accountable for control effectiveness as technology takes on more work….
Vermiculus has launched VeriIndex, a real-time index calculation and management engine designed to help exchanges and marketplaces develop and operate specialised indices across traditional and emerging asset classes. The platform combines continuous index calculation, corporate action processing and index administration within a single system, initially supporting price-return and total-return indices. VeriIndex calculates and publishes index…
New research from DTCC and ValueExchange has highlighted significant gaps in European post-trade automation as the industry prepares to move to T+1 settlement in October 2027. The report finds that settlement volumes across Europe increased by 15% in 2025, while failed trades rose by 21%, adding pressure to already fragmented operational processes. Only 33% of…
Xceptor has expanded its investment in Japan following the selection of its data automation platform by another major Japanese bank, bringing its client relationships to two of the country’s three megabanks. The latest implementation, delivered in partnership with local technology specialist GRCS, will use Xceptor’s sovereign-grade SaaS platform to streamline fragmented post-trade workflows and reduce…
Nasdaq has appointed Andrew Murray as Senior Vice President, Financial Technology, Asia-Pacific, strengthening its regional leadership as it expands its technology partnerships with financial institutions and market infrastructure providers. Based in Singapore, Murray will oversee client relationships and business development across the region, supporting banks, exchanges and other financial institutions pursuing technology modernisation and operational…
Non-profit advocacy organisation Ethereum Institutional has appointed David Duong as Head of US, based in New York City. Duong brings 20+ years in institutional markets research, most recently as Global Head of Investment Research at Coinbase where he led crypto research for the exchange’s institutional clients, covering economic insights, valuation models and market structure. Before…
Infront has appointed Jeff Caldwell as Head of Content, effective 1 October, with responsibility for the financial data provider’s content strategy, data quality, governance and delivery processes. Caldwell joins from Deutsche Börse Group, where he served as Product Manager, Market Data, overseeing analytical infrastructure supporting pricing, reporting and decision-making. Previously, he spent almost four years…
MKI Global Partners has established a new emerging markets advisory practice, initially focusing on Latin America, and appointed Alex Alencar as Managing Director to lead the expansion. The new practice will support MKI’s existing clients pursuing investment and business opportunities in emerging markets, while advising regional investors and companies navigating complex situations in international markets….
Smarsh has appointed Alessandro Silva as Chief Growth Officer, a newly created role bringing its Enterprise, Corporate, Public Sector and Global Channel business units under one commercial strategy. The former ACI Worldwide executive will lead the company’s commercial approach as it expands across international markets. Smarsh says the structure will speed decision-making and improve consistency…
Shield has appointed Michelle Clark as Global Communications Surveillance Expert, bringing experience from HSBC into its product strategy for communications surveillance and risk governance. Clark will help shape the company’s AI development and support customers’ adoption of its technology. Clark brings more than 20 years of global banking experience, including as Global Head of Communications…
Clearstream has appointed Philippe Mueller as Head of Digital Products and Transformation for Clearstream Fund Services, effective immediately, as the Deutsche Börse Group business continues developing its digital fund infrastructure. Mueller will oversee the development and adoption of digital fund solutions, focusing on distributed ledger technology (DLT), fund distribution, transfer agency innovation and private markets…
Caplin Systems has appointed Steve Charlesworth as Chief Technology Officer, taking responsibility for the company’s technology strategy as it expands its institutional trading solutions into new asset classes and markets. Charlesworth brings nearly 20 years of experience in electronic FX trading technology, having held positions at UBS, BBVA, Morgan Stanley and Crédit Agricole CIB, alongside…
Post-trade settlement specialist Tokenovate has hired William L’Heveder as its Chief Revenue Officer. He brings more than a decade of experience across capital markets, strategy and commercial leadership, with over seven years at BMLL, a provider of historical market data and analytics. He also worked as Boston Consulting Group and as a derivatives trader. His…
Hester Peirce has left her Commissioner role at the US Securities & Exchange Commission after an eight-year tenure. During her time at the regulator she consistently advocated for rules and positions that encouraged the advancement of crypto and digital assets. Peirce also oversaw the SEC’s Crypto Task Force since January 2025, during which time the…
Broadridge Financial Solutions announced the appointment of Theo Golden, CFA, as Head of Tokenised Product, International, a newly created role. Golden will lead tokenised product development across Broadridge’s international markets, helping global clients adopt compliant, interoperable digital asset solutions at scale. Based in London, Golden will focus on designing, building and bringing to market tokenised…
Tokenovate has appointed former BMLL executive William L’Heveder as Chief Revenue Officer, with responsibility for expanding the company’s commercial pipeline and driving institutional adoption of its post-trade and programmable settlement technology. L’Heveder spent more than seven years at BMLL, where he helped scale the historical market data and analytics provider through to its acquisition in…
Connamara Technologies has promoted Daniel J. Davis to President as the trading infrastructure provider targets further expansion across new markets, geographies and asset classes. Davis was previously Chief Revenue Officer and has been with Connamara since 2022, initially joining as Head of Growth. He has played a central role in developing the company’s commercial strategy…
Valstro has appointed Chris Valpone as Head of Sales as the cloud-native order management system provider expands its US operations and moves into its next phase of commercial growth. Valpone joins from Quod Financial, where he served as Head of Sales for the Americas. He brings 25 years of financial services experience, including senior sales…
DTCC has appointed Samir Pandiri as Managing Director and Chief Client Officer, joining the company’s Executive Committee and reporting to President and CEO Frank LaSalla. Pandiri will oversee DTCC’s Global Client Management organisation, including client leads, relationship management and growth, partnerships and strategic alliances. His remit also covers DTCC Consulting Services and Marketing & Communications,…
Building on our expansion into the alternative data market, A-Team Group is proud to be launching a new awards program. These awards will recognize and celebrate the industry’s most innovative providers and services, spotlighting excellence in this rapidly evolving space.
We are thrilled to unveil the winners of the Data Management Insight Awards USA 2026. These awards celebrate the leading vendor solutions and companies that deliver high-value, innovative data management capabilities to financial institutions in capital markets across North America.
It is our privilege to celebrate the outstanding achievements of this year’s winners at the 2nd annual AI in Capital Markets Awards. These awards have been designed to recognise exceptional AI applications advancing innovation in capital markets.
